Tips On How To Become A Professional Music Producer

With the internet came the ease to create music and the affordability of the necessary equipment to create that music. Today there are millions of tracks on the internet on places like iTunes, MySpace and now Facebook. Sadly the quality of these releases has dropped terribly. However, this is good news for good producers!
So how do I become a professional producer?

1. Get yourself a mentor. So many people are trying to make music by trial and error. This takes too long and can cost you a lot of money, not to mention it's a guaranteed waste of effort. No one would like a mechanic to practice car repair with their new BMW (I prefer a Range Rover personally). No, we definitely would like to know that the person or garage responsible for repairing our car has been well taught. To be honest, there is no difference in the music business. Successful producers are those who have learned their craft from others! In the process of being taught you become better and quicker. Put your ego aside and realize that you do not know everything. The good news is that older, much more established producers are always willing to teach the next generation if they care to listen!


2. Work with credible artists. One of the ways to become a professional producer is to work with singers and other musicians who are very talented and desire to make it in the industry. Many producers actually start by releasing products that become very successful and then other artists will ask them to replicate that success for them. You could actually start off by signing an artist and producing them and then, off the back of this success, begin to work for other artists/labels. One of the mistakes people make is to start out working with mediocre artists who will, in the long run, do nothing for their career. Perhaps if you have a studio, create an alias you can use and then a different name for your production; in this way your production name will be reserved for credible name recordings.


3. Listen to what is current. Many people believe their production is the best music ever heard but they forget that people had been listening to music before they began to produce. If you are not listening to what is current your work may have no place on radio. Since radio is still, and I believe will remain, an integral part of the music business then we must produce music that fits well with what played. Working in isolation and trying to develop a good or new sound is a great idea, but it is equally important to ensure that the music you make has a place within the industry for which it is made. Professional producers are always current because one of their secrets is to listen to what played and improve on it.

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